Common tern youngster stretching

[Grace Scalzo]

From the Atlantic coast of Long Island.

1/800, f 5.6, iso 800
Canon1Dx, 600 f4 + 1.4tc + ground pod

[Bill Dix]

Hi Grace. Beautiful light on this juvie, and you caught him at full-extension. I love the low POV and the layered BG. Out of curiosity, did you do any cleanup in the horizontal zone to the right of the bird's bill? It doesn't look bad, but the image is so nice that I'm struggling to find something to critique.

[Bruce Spell]

Very nice light for this shot. I love the illumination under the head and breast/body. As Bill mentioned the BG is quite nice. I love the color behind the outstretched wing tips.

[dankearl]

This is so good I don't know where to start.
The wing extension is about as nice as possible, the light is terrific and the Processing makes it jump off the screen.
I have missed your photo's lately, this was worth the wait!

[Gary Esman]

Gorgeous light, love the background, great wing stretch, whites look awesome to me. Great shot. Gary.

[Karl Egressy]

Great light, HA and excellent stretching pose.

[Marina Scarr]

Killer wing stretch and exposure/details!!! This youngster really pops against that dark BG. I like the little cut at the very end of the first wing tip.

[Jeannean Ryman]

So much to like about this shot Grace! Lovely light, wing stretch, low POV, details, and perfect exposure. Just lovely!

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Grace,

Way to take advantage of the light! Wonderful pose and great warm colors. Big fan of the duotone bg as well.

I want to say it needs just a tad of CW rotation, but no one else has mentioned it so maybe it doesn't.

Miguel

[Diane Miller]

I was about to mention rotation before I got down to Miguel's post.

Wonderful light and detail!!

[adrian dancy]

What a sweet shot...everything to like.

[arash_hazeghi]

this is sweet. excellent light and details

[Tim Munsey]

Yep the light is super, great shot.

[christopher galeski]

Beautiful light,sharp with nice detail,good pose.

[Satish Ranadive]

Wonderful pose with full up wing position, great details in whites in superb lights,very nice low shooting angle,great BG and as usual superb composition.
Love the frame.

Regards,
Satish.

[Grace Scalzo]

Thanks everyone for your comments and kind words. Bill, no, I did no cleanup on this image but now that you mention it, I think I will lighten that area in front of the bill. As for rotation, look at the bird's feet. He'd tip over if I rotate it. I think that bottom brown may be throwing you off which I could tweak.

[Girish Prahalad]

beautiful! really like the low angle & the wing stretch. exp & details are excellent.

[gail bisson]

A wonderful shot.
The light is stunning and I love the low POV.
The full wingstretch is worth a 10 out of 10. I would like to see a tiny bit of CW rotation.
Best part is the hint of a head turn,
Gail

[Tim King]

Great photo, Grace. Got em right at the peak.

[David Salem]

Wow Grace, thats beautiful. Love the perfect exposure which in turn has brought out the great feather detail. The pose and HA with the catch in the eye add to a killer image. Nice POV also. Very nice!!

[vishaljadhav]

Simply a amazing image, the wing looks fantastic and the light is magical.
Superb execution

[Loi Nguyen]

The light is just fantastic and you took full advantage of it to capture a beautiful image. Love the details of the outstretched wing, the layered BG, the catch light in the eye. Well done. Loi

[MohsenVahedipour]

Like the fully stretched wings, low shooting angle, soft warm light & colors in the BG.